Also, an excellent, heart-warming, inspirational article on the busiest
public library branch in the U.S.--on the first page of the Sunday, May
31st, New York Times. Fritz Snyder, Univ. of Montana Law Library.
On Sun,
31 May 1998, Genie Tyburski
wrote:
> An interesting article in Sunday's NYT on the Web at URL
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/05/cyber/articles/31library-la.html
> reports the following:
>
> "A recent study ... showed that the use of a public library
> for Internet access has grown more than 500 percent since
> 1996."
>
> It also quotes Susan Kent, the city librarian, as saying,
> "I've worked in public libraries for 30 years, and I see
> what's happening now as the best time ever for libraries."
>
> The article appears in the Technology/Cybertimes section and
> is entitled "Los Angeles Libraries Experience Renaissance
> With Computer Use." Users must register with NYT to access
> the article.
>
> Genie
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